Manitowoc man grateful for second chance

6:01 PM,
Nov. 22, 2012

Lung cancer survivor Darrell Reed plays with his son Eli, 3, at their Manitowoc home.

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Darrell Reed of Manitowoc knows he has a lot to be grateful for this Thanksgiving season.

Reed, 45, counts among his blessings God, family and medical personnel as he looks back at his battle with lung cancer over the past year.

His son, Elias, 3, is a bundle of energy sweeping around the room as Reed talks. Too young to fully comprehend the seriousness of his father's illness, Eli, as he is known for short, seems content with his blanket and toys.Symptoms began last year ...